The 2004 draft was a draft that so far has shown us a lot of pitching and already at the big league level and I could possibly see a few more of these here in the near future as well and these guys just aren't going out on the big league level and pitching well, but they are pretty much dominating. And some of the others are not too far off in the distance and are pretty much tearing it up in the minors. Has any other pitching class had this many prospects this quickly and succeeding this quickly or possibly even had this many stars in there class over their careers at all. I am sure that the 2004 class has been discussed on here before, I am just now noticing it myself since the Bill Bray move had been finalized. Although this could be just me and me not knowing the history of the MLB draft very well and pitching like this could happen quite this often and fast just like this, my gut tells me it doesn't but I thought that this would be some fun. Here is a short list of all those.
2. Justin Verlander -- Tigers (Rookie) 11-4 75 K 2.83 ERA
6. Jeremy Sowers -- Indians (Rookie) 1-3 8 K 7.15 ERA
7. Homer Bailey -- Reds (A, AA) 7-5 104 K 2.66 ERA
12. Jered Weaver -- Angels (AAA) 6-1 105 K 1.95 ERA
(MLB) 6-0 36 K 1.12 ERA
13. Bill Bray -- Expos (Nationals)
(Reds) (BOTH) 2-1 16 K 3.75 ERA
27. Taylor Tankersley -- Marlins (AA) 4-1 40 K 0.95 ERA
(MLB) 1-0 2 Saves 13 K 1.69 ERA
Others:
3. Phillip Humber -- Mets Coming back from an injury???
4. Jeffrey Niemann -- Devil Rays (AA) 0-3 32 K 3.33 ERA
5. Mark Rogers -- Brewers (Hi-A) 1-2 96 K 5.07 ERA
8. Wayne Townsend -- Orioles ?????????????????????????
10. Thomas Diamond -- Rangers (AA) 9-4 115 K 3.90 ERA
16. David Purcey -- Blue Jays (AA) 3-2 25 K 5.01 ERA
17. Timothy Elbert -- Dodgers ????????????????????????
19. Christopher Lambert -- Cardinals (AA) 8-8 91 K 5.21 ERA
22. Glen Perkins -- Twins (AA) 2-10 96 K 4.05 ERA
23. Philip Hughes -- Yankees (AA) 5-3 76 K 2.75 ERA
25. Steven Waldrop -- Twins ?????????????????????????
29. Matthew Campbell -- Royals ????????????????????????
30. Eric Hurley -- Rangers (Hi-A) 5-5 100 K 3.87 ERA
Thoughts? Opinions??? Add anything on? Any additional info on Philip Humber, Wayne Townsend, Tim Elbert, Steven Waldrop, Matthew Campbell